We have shared far more stories than we’d care to over the past several years regarding the concerted effort on the part of leftist progressives to push any and all aspectS of Christianity out of the public square, AND specifically public schools.

Those efforts have received mixed results in different parts of the country, but the anti-Christianists have remained undeterred and have apparently decided to deploy the ultimate weapon in their war against Christianity — Satan himself.

To be more specific, the Satanic Temple national group has begun pushing petitions in a number of states to implement its own after-school program at public elementary schools to counter other faith-based programs already in place, according to The Washington Post.

The effort was headed up by Satanic Temple co-founder Doug Mesner, also known as Lucien Greaves, who said his “After School Satan” program would counter Christian programs such as the evangelical Good News Club, by focusing on free inquiry, rationalism and science.

“It’s critical that children understand that there are multiple perspectives on all issues, and that they have a choice in how they think,” Mesner said, revealing, probably accidentally, that he hasn’t met many children.

The Satanic Temple has claimed not to believe in a personal Satan or any other supernatural beings. Instead, it has said that it chose the name and imagery merely as a “metaphorical construct” to represent its opposition to organized religions such as Christianity or Judaism. (They remain strangely silent in their opposition to organized Islam. Wonder why that might be?)

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“While the Good News Clubs focus on indoctrination, instilling children with a fear of hell and God’s wrath, After School Satan Clubs will focus on free inquiry and rationalism,” Mesner claimed. “We prefer to give children an appreciation of the natural wonders surrounding them, not a fear of an everlasting, other-worldly horror.”

States and districts where chapters of the Satanic Temple are actively working to implement their After School Satan program included: Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington, D.C.

We will patiently await the typical outraged cries of “separation of church and state” from perpetually offended liberals and atheists whenever any sort of even quasi-religious-themed program occurs at a public school, though we certainly won’t hold our breath in this instance.